Oh, how I do love the
faux rock bands of the comics...especially of the
1960s.
Several years before
Marcia Brady managed to rope in
Davy Jones for her school dance,
Gidget decides that their gang needs to have a summer dance. And who should they get to play?
Great idea!! And the whole gang get summer jobs and work their hinders off to afford booking the band.
Wait a minute...
The Savages?
Who dat?
Oh,
them. And how's their music?
Well, maybe not
die, so much as...
D'oh!!
Well, no dance for Gidget!!
But
wait...
Yesssssss....
Not to darken the "greatest night of your life," Gidget, but I should note that while the drum displays a "
Four Savages" logo, the band is referred to only as "The Savages" throughout, including their album cover.
Oh, Gidget, did your gang just accidentally hire
a Savages tribute band???
From Gidget #2 (1966)
That's totally what happened. Because geez, what kind of resources do her friends have otherwise?
ReplyDeleteYou won't catch me listening to the Savages though. I care about my health.
Excellent hypothesis, snell :)
ReplyDeleteI was going to point out that the artist wasn't "with it" because he depicted the Savage drummer holding his drumstick under-handed/military-style, whereas an actual rock drummer from the day would have held it over-hand/Ringo-Starr/hammer-style, but, combined with your observation, that this is probably a local group with wigs on is a better *in-universe* explanation.
And forget "accidentally", they hired them knowingly due to costs and etc :D